Hammock-support



'(No Model.)

.C. E. KETCHAM.

' Hammock Support. No'.240,522. Patented April 2 1881;

4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. KETOHAM, OF FAIRPORT, VIRGINIA.

'HAMMOCK-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,522, dated April26, 1881.

Application filed March 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,GnAELEs E. KETOHAM, of Fairport, Northumberlandcounty,Virginia, have invented certain Improvements in Hammock-Supports,of which the following is the specification.

My invention is a portable support for hammocks, garden-tents, &c.,constructed as fully described hereinafter, so as to constitute a rigidand substantial support for the hammock or other object, and yet capableof being folded to a compact shape for stowage or transportation.

In the drawings, Figure l is a" perspective view of the support arrangedfor use. Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the adjustment of parts when thesupport and hammock are to be moved from place to place. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the device folded for transportation.

The support consists, essentially, of the main strip A, feet B B, andstandards 0 O.

The strip A consists of two or more sections, a, connected by a hinge,b, which permits the sections to be folded together or brought intoline, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which case they are secured by abolt, 0, or other retainer.

Each foot B is pivoted bya bolt, 6, so that it may be turnedtransversely to the bar A, as shown in Fig. 1, or parallel thereto, asin Figs. 2 and 3.

1 Each standard O is pivoted at y to one sec tion of the bar A, so thatit maybe turned to an upright or diagonal position, as in Figs..1 and 2,or folded down upon the bar, as in Fig. 3. A section of each standardOis out therefrom and hinged thereto, so as to form a brace, 11, which,when folded up, will not exceed the dimensions of the bar 0, Fig. 3, butwhen turned down, with its end resting in a socket, w, of the bar A,will prevent the standard from being folded down under the strainimposed by a hammock, I, suspended at the ends to staples f of thestandards, or otherwise.

The feet B B, when turned transversely to the bar-A, are secured bystays g, in the form of hooks, which may be hung to the standards G, orto detachable rings to, slipped over said standards, their ends catchingin staples i on the feet, as shown in Fig. 1. When thus arranged theposts are in position to support the hammock, awning, or tent secured inany suitable manner, the feet B B constituting a wide base, which willprevent the structure from upsetting, and the braces 61 holding thestandards in place.

If necessary, a ridge-pole, E, adapted for connection to the standards,may be used either to brace the latter, or as a support for the awning,or for a net, or for a frame supporting the awning or net. In someinstances such pole may be secured to adjustable supports, as shown indotted lines, Fig. 1..

When the hammock is to be moved from place'to place-for instance, fromone room to another-the feet B B are turned parallel to the bar A, asshown in Fig. 2, thus permitting the device to be carried throughcontracted passages.

When the device is to be stowed or transported the ridge-pole andhammock and rings w are detached, the "braces 11 folded into therecesses of the standards, the latter turned downupon the bar A, thefeet turned parallel to the bar, and the sections of thelatter foldedtogether, as shown in Fig. 3, thus bringing the latter to a most compactand convenient form for transportation without interfering in the leastwith its capacity to be readily unfolded and erected.

If desired, the device may be made extensible, to fit it for use withhammocks of diiferent sizes, by the use of means for extending one orboth sections, a, of the bar'A. Thusa section may be divided and theends overlapped and slotted and connected by bolts h, as shown in Fig.1; or a tongue, m, of a part of one section may extend into the othershollow portionp of the section, as in Fig. 2, a nut, .9, serving tosecure the parts after adjustment. In like manner one or both sectionsof the ridge-pole E may be extensible, as may the standards and feet, asshown.

I do not confine m yself to the above-described mode of constructing andarranging the braces d, as they may be dilferently connected-forinstance, they may be hinged to the bar A.

When the device is used for tent purposes IOO the feet B B, pivoted tothe bar-sections, so as 3. The combination, with the folding bar A, toturn either parallel or transverse thereto, feet 13 B, and standards 0,of the detachable the standards 0, hinged at the ends to said ridge-poleE, substantially as set forth. sections, and the folding braces d,substan- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name 5 tially as setforth. to this specification in the presence of two I 5 2. Thecombination of the folding and exsubscribing Witnesses.

tensible bar A, feet pivoted to turn transverse CHARLES E. KETOHAM.thereto, and folding standards 0, and folding Witnesses: braces d,adapted to recessed parts of the J ONA. M. ANDRUs,

1o standards,substantially as specified. 1*. O. MCCLEARY.

